V2.0 – Jan-13
User’s Manual
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6 Electrical Characteristics
6.1 Operating Conditions
Pin Description
Min Typical Max
3 V
cc
3.0V 3.3V 3.6V
Full power Mode (Searching) Peak Current
(1)
45mA
Full power mode (Searching)
Average
Current
(2)
33.6mA
Full power mode (Tracking)
Average
Current
(3)
18.5mA
TricklePower Mode
(4)
4.6mA
Push-to-Fix Mode
56.5uA
Micro Power Mode
(
SiRFaware
TM
)
40uA
Hibernate Status
23.5uA
Table 7: A2100-A electrical characteristics
Pin Description
Min Typical Max
5 V
cc
1.7V 1.8V 1.9V
Full power Mode (Searching) Peak Current
(1)
62mA
Full power mode (Searching)
Average
Current
(2)
56.5mA
Full power mode (Tracking)
Average
Current
(3)
39.7mA
TricklePower Mode
(4)
9.2mA
Push-to-Fix
Mode
291uA
Micro Power Mode
(
SiRFaware
TM
)
31uA
Hibernate
Status
22uA
Table 8: A2100-B electrical characteristics
(1) Peak searching current is characterized by millisecond bursts above average searching current
(2) Average searching current is typically only the first two seconds of TTFF
(3) Tracking current typically includes tracking and the post searching portion of TTFF
(4) When TP
(
TricklePower™
)
Mode is enabled, the receiver maximises the navigation performance.
Under normal tracking conditions, the TP Mode performs normal TP Mode cycles, but in harsh
tracking environments, the receiver automatically switches to FP
(
Full-power
)
Mode to improve
navigation performance. When the satellites are sorted according to their signal strength, the
fourth satellite determines if the transition occurs or not. Currently, the threshold is 30dB-Hz to
enter TP Mode cycling and 26dB-Hz to return to FP Mode cycles. please refer to” SiRFstarIV
GSD4eGSD4t Power Management Modes (CS-212074-AN-2).pdf”.
*Remark: Test data based on firmware version GSD4e_4.1.0-P1_FLASH